slipe

American  

[slahyp] / slaɪp /

noun

1. a sledge, drag, or sleigh.

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verb (used with object)

sliped, sliping

1. to peel or strip the outer coating from, especially to peel bark from (a tree or twig).

2. to slice.

slipe British  

/ slaɪp /

noun

1. 1. wool removed from the pelt of a slaughtered sheep by immersion in a chemical bath

   2. ( as modifier )

      slipe wool

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Etymology

Origin of slipe

1425–75; late Middle English slypen < ?

Example Sentences

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slipe sliped sliping

Whenever such gatherings were attended, the youngster had to "slipe off" unknown to his parents.

From Wrestling and Wrestlers: Biographical Sketches of Celebrated Athletes of the Northern Ring; to Which is Added Notes on Bull and Badger Baiting by Sidney Gilpin

So they sliped off together, and they came to the King of Egypt, and he said: "Who is the young lady"?

From The Art of the Story-Teller by Marie L. Shedlock

As their roof slants and it is still raining, she sliped once and slid to the gutter.

From Bab: a Sub-Deb by Mary Roberts Rinehart

I sliped downstairs and outside the drawing room I heard mother conversing in a loud and angry tone with a visitor.

From Bab: a Sub-Deb by Mary Roberts Rinehart

He played a while, struming with one finger until the hand sliped off and stung him on the lip.

From Bab: a Sub-Deb by Mary Roberts Rinehart

Granvil Miller the barber went to shave his father the razer sliped and cut his lip becaus he forgot the lather.

From 'Sequil' Or Things Whitch Aint Finished in the First by Henry A. (Henry Augustus) Shute

All I wanted is more reasonable much more gwiter that we culd stay in our own haus and having a little of sliping.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the mornings I would be at it with mattock and spade delving hard at the founds, and I had the great days sliping stones.

From The McBrides A Romance of Arran by John Sillars

"He was a beautiful young man, father," I observed, sliping my arm through his.

From Bab: a Sub-Deb by Mary Roberts Rinehart